The Washington Capitals beat up on the Rangers in multiple ways on the way to a 4-2 victory. What an interesting one.
The Caps outshot the Rangers 35 to 21 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 41 to 21.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
TJ Oshie took to Twitter on Wednesday an hour after having one of the most incredible games of his career.
Oshie scored a hat trick in his first game back since his father Tim passed away.
Posting on top of a video featuring the Capitals mobbing him after his third goal of the night, Oshie wrote, “I have nothing but love for my teammates. I will be forever grateful for this night and especially because I got to share it with my brothers.”
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
TJ Oshie had the biggest game of his career and it happened during one of the most difficult times of his life.
A day after announcing his father, Tim “Coach” Oshie, died, TJ returned to the team and scored a hat trick against the New York Rangers. It was Osh’s fourth hatty of his career.
When he sat down on the bench after his third goal, Oshie broke down in tears, overwhelmed by emotion.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals defeated the New York Rangers in a game that people tuned into for one reason, but I hope they stuck around for another.
TJ Oshie, in his first game back from bereavement, scored in the first and second periods. Nic Dowd deflected John Carlson’s shot to make it 3-0 before the third period, where Alexis Larenfriere cracked the shutout.
Then TJ Oshie, for his dad, completed the hat trick with an empty-net goal. Morgan Barron added one for the Rangers in the final minute and change.
Caps win.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
Tom Wilson didn’t get suspended by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety, but it appears Pavel Buchnevich sure will.
Wednesday, during The Second Line Brawl Game, Buchnevich had a run-in with Anthony Mantha that ended in blood and him ejected from the ballgame.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Caps forward Tom Wilson will not return to Wednesday’s game against the New York Rangers.
The team says he has an upper-body injury.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
In the hours leading up to Wednesday’s rematch between the Capitals and Rangers, the Rangers organization called Tom Wilson’s role in a line brawl on Monday “a horrific act of violence.” Rangers players said Wilson had no respect for the game or its players. And the team said the Department of Player Safety’s George Parros should be fired after choosing to fine, not suspend the Capitals forward. The Rangers essentially painted themselves into a corner, where there had to be retribution in Wednesday’s game.
And retribution there was.
The Rangers and Capitals opened the game with a line brawl. All six forwards on the ice fought. Before the game was five minutes old, the teams dropped the mitts six different times.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Washington Capitals forward Daniel Sprong will miss tonight’s Caps-Rangers game due to illness.
The Capitals say it’s not COVID related.
The Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers are scheduled to play what some suspect could be a hockey game, but will likely turn into a tables, ladders, and chairs match after Monday’s line brawl. Buckle up. This is going to be a wild one.
They are set to drop the puck and probably gloves at 7 PM. Peter thankfully has your recap because if I did the account would probably get banned tonight.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
